I am Sandeep from bangalore
I am new to this automotive industry so i need your help.
I have gone ahead and booked Granite grey Alpha Petrol in Mandovi Nexa in Bangalore can you please tell me more about the colour like is my selection good or...

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I am Sandeep from bangalore
I am new to this automotive industry so i need your help.
I have gone ahead and booked Granite grey Alpha Petrol in Mandovi Nexa in Bangalore can you please tell me more about the colour like is my selection good or...

Sandeep, I have seen this color and it gives a black kind of shade. It's a beautiful color but on the same time it's difficult to maintain than white and silver.
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On which colour variant do the DRL's and projector setup look better of the two Ray Blue and Polar White. Also which of these colours is easier to maintain?

Personal choice. Darker colours look more better when the DRLs are lit up. Lighter colours would look better when DRLs are off, to show the blackened (and chrome bits) area better. White would be easy to maintain, no doubts.

I am being told that white will be turning to yellowish tint after general wear and tear. That is the reason I am still waiting for dispatch of either P.Silver / G.Grey from Maruthi plant. Otherwise there is a white Alpha readily available which I dropped off because of the color shade issue.

Can someone tell me is it difficult to maintain ? If all is well, then i will go ahead and take the delivery of White Alpha (though i booked Zeta, i changed my mind and going to Alpha now)

I am being told that white will be turning to yellowish tint after general wear and tear. That is the reason I am still waiting for dispatch of either P.Silver / G.Grey from Maruthi plant. Otherwise there is a white Alpha readily available which I dropped off because of the color shade issue.

Can someone tell me is it difficult to maintain ? If all is well, then i will go ahead and take the delivery of White Alpha (though i booked Zeta, i changed my mind and going to Alpha now)

- Sandeep

No. That someone told you wrong. If you don't go for a repaint or touchup for the car body panels, the factory paint (white) would remain white for a long time. The yellowing is generally seen on repainted parts. Do note that if you don't get deep scratches/damage repainted on white, the rust would be easily noticeable and it will leave marks on the paint if water drips from the rusted place. Silver is the safest bet for looks as well as maintenance, but you may go for white as well if you plan to keep it clean (normal wiping and washing) normally. If you would fail to keep the car clean on a frequent basis, go for silver.

To add to what ice said, with white you can easily touchup light scratches with com paint pens. Arctic white is a standard colour unlike p.silver & its easy to get a good colour match if you follow the application procedure. However, dust and deeper scratchesvwill!be immediately evident

No. That someone told you wrong. If you don't go for a repaint or touchup for the car body panels, the factory paint (white) would remain white for a long time.

Thanks for this info ice_wise.

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The yellowing is generally seen on repainted parts. Do note that if you don't get deep scratches/damage repainted on white, the rust would be easily noticeable and it will leave marks on the paint if water drips from the rusted place. Silver is the safest bet for looks as well as maintenance, but you may go for white as well if you plan to keep it clean (normal wiping and washing) normally. If you would fail to keep the car clean on a frequent basis, go for silver.

This is from an owner of 2 white cars and 1 silver car currently.

You mean getting it repainted from Maruthi Authorised Service will also turn to Yellow ?

Being a owner of Silver Alto (still using) & Silver Amaze (Sold now) I know its easy to maintain Silver but don't know about White. Thanks for giving this Info.

Maruti does it again. Though the car is equipped with ABS and airbags, look like ti lacks the basic rigidity of the body structure. To reduce the weight it seems to have compromised with the structure of the body. Maruti Baleno met with an accident, a head on collision, with truck killing 4 of the 6 occupants.

VM 2011, While I agree there cannot be perfect safety, and car has been cut open, but see the way B Pillar and Body shell have collapsed. I have seen similair cases where the Ciaz's B PPillar cave in.

Also remember Suzuki record of selling a 5 Star rated Swift in Europe and 0 Star rated STRUCTURALLY unstable Swift in India. The UK version weighs exacty 65 Kgs more than Indian model. The then Chairman AC Bhargava's comment safety is not important for Indians.

Maruti is also being very coy, Just vague statements on High Tensile Steel, there are many grades of High Tensile steel, some are just low strength and light like Aluminium, some are Strong and Light but expensive like Boron Steel. Maruti is not putting out Diagrams of safety cages with specific grades of High Strength steel like Boron steel which other manufacturers are doing.

Worst being a market leader, everyone is slowly thinking to go the Maruti Suzuki way n the Indian market to get volumes, so customer may not even have the choice of getting a well built car even if he wants. Fo eg. I20 was made of the same standard as Euro version so Hyundai was putting, see the sticker of the attached file. Now the India spec Elite I20 has dropped this and moving in the way of Maruti. In a country where Majority have poor sense of safety, a safe structure is minimum for a car beign taken on Highways

Yes I agree on Bharat NCAP ratings, Hopefully all these doubts will be cleared once we have safety ratings on all cars with Front, side impact and Pillar tests. Transparency on this aspect will be very useful.

However, we should demand and get Manufacturers to give out details on Safety Cages, Specific materials used to reduce weight. They cant sell a good version in Europe and different variant here. If Maruti can state the Baleno is released in Europe state has the same Body, chassis Materials is exactly of same design, Grade of metal and guage used. Consumer awareness in this aspect is required. We need to speculate till Maruti(and all Manufacturers) comes out with the details. Right now it is an all manufacturers are doing eyewash with Airbags without addressing structural integrity and safety cages plus ABS and proper spec Tyres. It is important that now we know many lower end car models in India have structural intergrity issues. Pushing this Issue under the carpet so Baleno owners feel good(for ego's sake) that they have the most Fuel efficient yet powerful car and everything else is hunky Dory is not the answer.

We all want good performance, fuel efficient, VFM, Low Maintenance from our cars. Light weight with strong materials. a.ka Boron steel, Carbon fiber etc is the way to go.
I have been caught out a few times on my father's 3rd gen 175 section tyres on Highways, they just dont gripe and stop in required distance out of city, I learnt they hard way after going over speed bumps at speed. The car is very bad at emergency braking where the Under spec tyres are the main culprit. Ideally Silcon based tyres are best for grip.

You mean getting it repainted from Maruthi Authorised Service will also turn to Yellow ?

Being a owner of Silver Alto (still using) & Silver Amaze (Sold now) I know its easy to maintain Silver but don't know about White. Thanks for giving this Info.

I have a white Dzire and Etios. If you get the repaint or touchup done from outside, it will lose it lusture and start fading over the years. Another repaint over it will only solve this problem. At MASS I think they use DuPont or similar paints, which are supposedly better quality and last for more time without fading. Still factory paint is factory paint. In the premium silver colour, the yellowing would be less but it will still be visible as a repaint job will lose its shine. Bottom line, no colour is that safe. Drive carefully, choose the colour which looks good to you in the stock condition and get all repaints or touchups done from MASS. My Dzire's front door had to be repainted in late 2012 from MASS. It has been 3 years and the paint is like new, matches with other panels perfectly (This car stands for 6-7 hours in the sun/rain daily).